Trump Has Earned a Friend
He is alive! Norman Podhoretz is alive, and he agreed to an interview with The Wall Street Journal's very perceptive Barton Swaim this weekend. He says that many of his peers are now deceased but not him, and he certainly did not sound deceased. Bill Buckley and Irving Kristol have given up the ghost, and American political commentary is the poorer for their passing, but Norman is…
Media Shrug at Privacy Violations of Fox Hosts
Say what? The other day in a new episode of the January 6 Committee sham, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s handpicked Republican ally, Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, took it upon herself to violate the privacy of Fox hosts Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade by reading aloud their private texts to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows from January 6.
NewsBusters Podcast: 'Historic' Moves in 1/6 Probe Dominate TV News
On the latest NewsBusters Podcast, we discuss how the networks obsess over every finding of the hyper-partisan January 6 Committee in the House, and how they tout their "historic rebukes" of Trump by "holding accountable" his former staffers (like chief of staff Mark Meadows) with "criminal charges" of contempt of Congress. But when a Republican-majority House held Obama's Attorney General…
11th Hour at Midnight: Here’s the Worst of Lyin' Brian at MSNBC
On Thursday night, it was curtains for Brian Williams’s 28-year career at NBC and sister network MSNBC. Incredibly, the serial liar remained employed for six years at MSNBC following the revelation that he had embellished and fabricated stories during his time at the Peacock network. With that, NewsBusters decided to take a look back with Williams's 20 worst moments at MSNBC after his scandal…
Classless MSNBC: Dole Was 'A Big Insult Politician,' Like Trump
During its coverage following the Capitol Hill ceremony honoring the late Bob Dole, MSNBC painted the former war hero, senator, and presidential candidate as "a complicated figure" because he was a Republican who voted for Donald Trump. At one point, a guest even slammed Dole as "a big insult politician."
Krugman Whines: ‘Where Have All the Grown-ups Gone?’
New York Times economist Paul Krugman is the last person who should be complaining about the disappearance of maturity in today’s politics. Krugman exploited the death of former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) to pontificate how “his life story also reminds us of a time when public figures were supposed to show some sense of responsibility — to possess basic decency, to admit to…
MSNBC Blames Russia Invasion Threat on 'Republican-Russian Alliance'
On Tuesday, President Biden met with Vladimir Putin to discuss the latter amassing of a potential invasion force on the Ukrainian border. That afternoon, MSNBC's Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace wildly wondered if Biden's job has been made more difficult by former President Trump and a supposed "Republican-Russian Alliance" that she claimed seeks to serve Russian interests…
Trump Social Media Partner Says It Has $1B in Capital: Report
A new social network being created by former President Donald Trump reportedly said it has $1 billion lined up in capital.
Dana Milbank Beclowns Himself: Press Rougher on Biden Than Trump!!!
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote a column that was so slavishly pro-Biden that it was retweeted by Biden's chief of staff Ron Klain. The preposterous title was "The media treats Biden as badly as — or worse than — Trump. Here’s proof."
'MSNBC Republican': Give Me Angry Dem Judges Over 'Stupid' GOP Ones
How total is Michael Steele's transformation from RNC chairman to Democrat sycophant? On today's Morning Joe, Steele, an MSNBC analyst and member of the disgraced Lincoln Project, slurred Republican judicial appointees while expressing his preference for Democrat nominees.
Scarborough: Republicans Have 'Testicles' In Trump Lockbox
Singling out Josh Hawley and Mark Meadows by name, on Morning Joe Joe Scarborough accuses Republicans of having their "testicle" in a Donald Trump lockbox.
Desperate NYTimes Defends Russiagate Probe Despite Discredited Dossier
Charlie Savage, national security and legal policy correspondent for the New York Times, played defense on behalf of the now-discredited “Steele dossier” that led to the first Trump impeachment, in Thursday’s “Discredited Steele Dossier Doesn't Undercut Russia Inquiry.” The infamous tissue of rumors and lies that would foster the false “collusion”-with-Russia narrative was put…
Politico Found a Way to Blame the Omicron Variant on TRUMP
Joe Biden has been president for more than ten months, and the Omicron variant has only been news for a few days. But somehow, Politico energetically found a way to blame Omicron infections on Donald Trump! Health reporter Erin Banco found conveniently anonymous experts to slam Trump (no partisan or ideological affiliations attached, so clean).
'Anonymous' Author: Republicans 'Literally Murdering Their Base'
On Nicolle Wallace's MSNBC show, Miles Taylor, who as "Anonymous" wrote an anti-Trump New York Times op-ed claiming he was part of the "resistance" inside the Trump White House, says "I wouldn't trust Ronny Jackson to put a Band-aid on me . . . Republicans are quite literally murdering their base of support with their disinformation" on Covid
